Is It Too Early To Say Bah Humbug?
The Christmas commercials are out in full force. They were trickling out about two weeks before Halloween, but now that Halloween is over, they are being rolled out blatantly. Halloween has become the new Thanksgiving in terms of when Christmas preparations can start.
It all disgusts me. To be fair, probably because I can't really afford to buy any presents these days, which means I don't feel right accepting any presents these days. But still. I know that it would be bad for the economy if everyone "skipped" commercial Christmas presents (and yes, Hanukah presents too). But I'm a big believer in putting the oxygen mask over your own face first, before turning to make sure your seatmate is all set.
So I really think that everyone should skip holiday presents that are not homemade this year. It was only a few years ago that I found out people actually go into debt to buy gifts for people around the holidays. This fact still shocks me. I can't think of anyone who wants a gift even if it means someone would go into debt to give it. Except kids, and the younger ones can be happy with inexpensive stuff and the older ones can learn what's going on in the world.
Yes, if enough people don't buy crap at WalMart then some people will get laid off from there and then they will file for unemployment and there will be an even further drain on our society. But where does it end? We're in this vicious cycle that needs to stop.
It all disgusts me. To be fair, probably because I can't really afford to buy any presents these days, which means I don't feel right accepting any presents these days. But still. I know that it would be bad for the economy if everyone "skipped" commercial Christmas presents (and yes, Hanukah presents too). But I'm a big believer in putting the oxygen mask over your own face first, before turning to make sure your seatmate is all set.
So I really think that everyone should skip holiday presents that are not homemade this year. It was only a few years ago that I found out people actually go into debt to buy gifts for people around the holidays. This fact still shocks me. I can't think of anyone who wants a gift even if it means someone would go into debt to give it. Except kids, and the younger ones can be happy with inexpensive stuff and the older ones can learn what's going on in the world.
Yes, if enough people don't buy crap at WalMart then some people will get laid off from there and then they will file for unemployment and there will be an even further drain on our society. But where does it end? We're in this vicious cycle that needs to stop.
posted by Green at 11/09/2009 11:29:00 PM
5 Comments:
Everyone on my list will be getting a big, fancy, sparkly HUG from me this year.
Batteries not included.
One year I made everyone a gift and the receivers looked at me like I was crazy. They couldn't return them, they didn't light up or make noise and they basically just got discarded. I went to a lot of trouble to cook, knit, cross stitch and bead something nice for everyone. So except for my daughter, everyone just gets token from me. I believe in the "Advent Conspiracy."
I don't think it's Bah Humbug to say no gifts. We used to do it because we were broke as a joke. Now this year we decided we've been getting stuff throughout the year, so what presents do we need besides the company of our friends and family?
Not Bah Humbug on the no gifts. My family's not very religious and while my sister claims to be an aetheist, she's the only one who gets excited about X-mas gifts. I stopped with the gifting since I'm not employed and honestly, my sister yelled at me that I never got her gifts when I actually did. I told her since she doesn't remember receiving gifts in the first place, I'm saving my $ & not buying any more gifts. And if I do receive gift cards from others, I usually just cash them and get gift cards from different establishments of the same denomination.
i'm with you 100%.
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